114 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIEDS. 



715. Querquedula carolinensis (Gm.) Steph. B 579. c 495. R 612. 



Green-winged Teal. 



716. Querquedula discors (L.) Steph. B 581. c 496. R 609. 



Blue-winged Teal. 



717. Querquedula cyanoptera (V.) Cass. B 582. c 497. R 6io. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



718. Spatula clypeata (L.) Boie. B 583. c 498. R 608. 



Shoveller. 



719. Aix sponsa (L.) Boie. B 587. c 499. R 613. 



Summer Duck ; Wood Duck. [See Addenda, No. 886. 



720. Fuligula marila (L.) Steph. B 588. c 500. R 614. 



Greater Black-head ; Scaup Duck. 



721. Fuligula affinis Eyt. B 589. c 501. R 615. 



Lesser Black-head; Scaup Duck. 



722. Fuligula collaris (Donov.) Bp. B 590. c 502. R 616. 



Ring-neck; Black-head. 



723. Fuligula ferina americana (Eyt.) Coues. B 591. c 503. R 618. 



American Pochard ; Red-head. 



715. Q. c5-r6-lln-en'-sls. To Carolina. The genus Nettion, in which this teal has been placed 



by some, is the Gr. v^rrtov, a little duck ; contracted from v-nrrdpiov, a diminutive of 

 vrjffffa or vijrra : see Hydranassa, No. 660. Very curiously, it seems to have been used 

 by the Greeks as a familiar term of endearment, just as we sometimes now say " little 

 duck," or " ducky darling ." 



716. Q. dis'-cors. Lat. discors, discordant, disagreeing, unlike; literally "two-hearted," from 



dis, twice, and cor, the heart ; opposed to concors, concordant. 



717. Q. cy-an-6p'-te-ra. Gr. Kvav6s, blue, irrepov, wing. 



718. Spa'-tu-la clyp-S-a'-ta. Lat. spatula or spathula, Gr. o-iraQis, a spathe, spatula, spoon, ladle ; 



with reference to the spathulous or spoon-like shape of the bird's bill. Lat. clypeatus, 

 furnished with a shield, wearing a shield; clypeus or clipeus oT-clupeus or clipeum, a shield: 

 commemorating in this case the rounded expanse of the bill. 



719. A '-Ix spon'-sa. Gr. a)f or &i ; application not obvious. Nor is the orthography settled. 



If the word be from the monosyllable a? it should be Latinized cex ; if from the dissyl- 

 lable &( it becomes aix. In the uncertainty, we do not change the accustomed form ; 

 though we suspect cex to be preferable. Lat. sponsa, a bride, a spouse, a betrothed ; 

 that is, a promised one ; spondeo, I promise sacredly, I vow. Prettily applied to this 

 lovely duck, as if the bird were arrayed for bridal. 



720. Ful-Ig'-u-la ma-ri'-la. Lat. fuligula or fulicula, diminutive of fulica or fulix, a coot ; fuligo, 



soot. Marila we know nothing about ; qu., a proper name ? qu. Gr. ^op/A.7j, embers, 

 charcoal, from the scaup's pitch-black foreparts ? 



721. F. af-fin'-Is. Lat. affinis, affined, allied ; ad, and Aral's. See Campylorhynchus, No. 64. 



722. F. col-la'-rfs. Lat. collaris, relating to the neck, collum; this species having a ring of color, 



like a collar, round the neck. 



723. F. fg-ri'-na am-gr-I-ca'-na. Lat./en'na, wild, in a state of nature, feral. 



